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> [So I am just sitting and waiting, listening, and if something exciting comes, I just jump in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/so-i-am-just-sitting-and-waiting-listening-and-if-something-exciting/)

[George Gamow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gamow/)

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## More by George Gamow

> [“Since the atoms are indestructible, the disintegration of human body after death should be actually considered as the dispersion of the separate filaments (except…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/since-the-atoms-are-indestructible-the-disintegration-of-human-body/)

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> [All kinds of physical considerations become senseless when we try to apply them to distances smaller than 10 -13 centimeter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/all-kinds-of-physical-considerations-become-senseless-when-we-try-to/)

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> [So I am just sitting and waiting, listening, and if something exciting comes, I just jump in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/so-i-am-just-sitting-and-waiting-listening-and-if-something-exciting/)

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> [Much later, when I was discussing cosmological problems with Einstein, he remarked that the introduction of the cosmological term was the biggest blunder he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/much-later-when-i-was-discussing-cosmological-problems-with-einstein/)

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> [My father was a teacher of the Russian language and literature in high school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/my-father-was-a-teacher-of-the-russian-language-and-literature-in/)

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> [If the expansion of the space of the universe is uniform in all directions, an observer located in anyone of the galaxies will see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/if-the-expansion-of-the-space-of-the-universe-is-uniform-in-all/)

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> [When, in school, they were teaching algebra, I was studying differential equations at home.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/when-in-school-they-were-teaching-algebra-i-was-studying-differential/)

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> [It took less than an hour to make the atoms, a few hundred million years to make the stars and planets, but five billion…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/it-took-less-than-an-hour-to-make-the-atoms-a-few-hundred-million/)

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> [I learned Einstein's theory of relativity when I was still in school. I simply got interested.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/i-learned-einstein-s-theory-of-relativity-when-i-was-still-in-school/)

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> [Twinkle, twinkle, quasi-star Biggest puzzle from afar How unlike the other ones Brighter than a billion suns Twinkle, twinkle, quasi-star How I wonder what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/twinkle-twinkle-quasi-star-biggest-puzzle-from-afar-how-unlike-the/)

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> [Much later, when I discussed the problem with Einstein, he remarked that the introduction of the cosmological term was the biggest blunder he ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/much-later-when-i-discussed-the-problem-with-einstein-he-remarked/)

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> [“If and when all the laws governing physical phenomena are finally discovered, and all the empirical constants occurring in these laws are finally expressed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/if-and-when-all-the-laws-governing-physical-phenomena-are-finally/)

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> [Whereas all humans have approximately the same life expectancy the life expectancy of stars varies as much as from that of a butterfly to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/whereas-all-humans-have-approximately-the-same-life-expectancy-the/)

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> [There was a young fellow from Trinity, Who took the square root of infinity. But the number of digits, Gave him the fidgets; He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/there-was-a-young-fellow-from-trinity-who-took-the-square-root-of/)

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> [My mother was the only girl in the family. One brother was District Attorney of Odessa or something; another was teaching classical languages; another…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gamow/my-mother-was-the-only-girl-in-the-family-one-brother-was-district/)

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